WEDNESDAY  MARCH 5, 2008

KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND PRESENTATION: 
The Importance of Social Dimensions of Climate Change (PDF)
Bob Watson
Chief Scientist, Department for Environment and Rural Affairs, Government of the United Kingdom
Former Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (which was awarded the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize)

The Human Dimension of Climate Change in the Maldives and Small Island States (PDF)
Her Excellency Dunya Maumoon
Deputy Foreign Minister, Republic of Maldives

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Challenges of Climate Change
Mitigation and Adaptation in Africa (PDF)
Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki
Former Prime Minister of Niger
Current Executive Director of Rural Hub, Africa

Acknowledging the Linkages
Gender and Climate Change (PDF)

PRESENTER: 
Lorena Aguilar
Senior Advisor on Gender
The World Conservation Union

WORKSHOP I
WITH  Q&A
2:15 - 4:15 pm

Implications of Climate Change for Conflict and Migration

PRESENTERS:
Implications of Climate Change for Armed Conflict (PDF)
Halvard Buhaug
Senior Researcher, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo

Climate Change, Migration and Conflict (PDF)
Clionadh Raleigh
Guest Senior Researcher
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo

WORKSHOP II
WITH Q&A
4:30 – 5:45 pm

Climate Change and Urban Governance and Social Policy

PRESENTER
Pro-Poor Climate Change Adaptation in the Urban Centre of Low and Middle-Income Countries (PDF)
Caroline Moser
Director
Global Urban Research Centre
School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester

No presentations

COCKTAIL RECEPTION
6:00 pm onward

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THURSDAY  MARCH 6, 2008

Implications of Climate Change for
Rural Institutions and Drylands

PRESENTERS:
The Role of Institutions in Livelihood Adaptation (PDF)
Arun Agrawal
Associate Professor
University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment

Climate Change and Agrarian Societies in Drylands (PDF)
John Morton
Social Anthropologist
National Resources Institute

Implications of Climate Change for Social Policy

PRESENTER:
Social Management of Climate Risks in Low Income Countries (PDF)
Steen Jorgensen
Director, Social Development Department
World Bank

Social Aspects of Mitigation (panel discussion)

PRESENTERS/DISCUSSANTS:
Andy White
Coordinator
Rights & Resources Initiative

Joelle Chassard
Manager, Carbon Finance Unit
World Bank

Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change

PRESENTER:
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: High Vulnerability and Unique Challenges (PDF)
Navin K. Rai
Lead Specialist, Social Development Department and
Indigenous Peoples Coordinator
World Bank

Using Indigenous Design Paradigms to Link Production and Protection (PDF)
Rebecca Adamson
President
First Peoples Worldwide

CLOSING SESSION
WITH Q&A
4:30 - 6:00 pm

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